# CMS Nursing Home Compare — Star Ratings & Staffing (`compute-edge/cms-nursing-home-ratings-scraper`) Actor Extract every Medicare/Medicaid certified nursing home from CMS Nursing Home Compare — 14,700+ facilities with 5-star ratings, staffing hours, deficiency outcomes, ownership, chain, abuse flags, special focus status, beds, and contact info. - **URL**: https://apify.com/compute-edge/cms-nursing-home-ratings-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Compute Edge](https://apify.com/compute-edge) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## CMS Nursing Home Compare — Star Ratings & Staffing Scraper Extract the **complete CMS Nursing Home Compare provider directory** — over **14,700 Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing homes** in the United States — with the official **5-star ratings**, staffing hours per resident per day, health-inspection deficiency outcomes, ownership type, chain affiliation, abuse flags, special-focus status, and full facility contact info. This is the regulator-grade data set the federal government uses to rank long-term care facilities. It is the gold standard for any business, attorney, family member, or researcher trying to evaluate, compare, or sell to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). ### Data fields | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `ccn` | CMS Certification Number — primary facility identifier | | `providerName`, `legalBusinessName` | Facility name and legal owner name | | `address`, `city`, `state`, `zipCode`, `county` | Location | | `phone` | Facility telephone | | `ownershipType` | For profit / Non profit / Government, plus structure (Corporation, LLC, Individual, etc.) | | `providerType` | Medicare, Medicaid, or both | | `certifiedBeds` | Number of CMS-certified beds | | `avgResidentsPerDay` | Average daily census | | `firstApprovedDate` | Date first approved for Medicare/Medicaid | | `overallRating` | CMS overall 5-star rating | | `healthInspectionRating`, `staffingRating`, `qmRating` | Component star ratings | | `longStayQmRating`, `shortStayQmRating` | Long-stay vs short-stay quality measure ratings | | `specialFocusStatus` | Special Focus Facility / SFF candidate designation | | `abuseIcon` | CMS abuse icon flag | | `sprinklersInAllRequiredAreas` | Fire safety | | `chainName`, `chainId`, `chainFacilityCount`, `chainAvgOverallRating` | Ownership chain | | `totalNurseStaffingHoursPerResidentPerDay` | Total nurse hours / resident / day | | `rnStaffingHoursPerResidentPerDay`, `nurseAideStaffingHoursPerResidentPerDay` | Component staffing | | `totalNursingStaffTurnoverPct`, `rnTurnoverPct`, `administratorsLeftCount` | Workforce stability | | `changedOwnershipLast12Months`, `ccrc`, `inHospital`, `urban` | Operational context | ### How to scrape CMS nursing home data 1. *(Optional)* Set `state`, `city`, `county` to scope a region. 2. *(Optional)* Set `minOverallRating` to filter by quality (e.g. 4+ stars). 3. *(Optional)* Enable `specialFocusOnly` for the worst-performing CMS-flagged facilities. 4. *(Optional)* Enable `abuseIconOnly` for facilities currently flagged for abuse. 5. *(Optional)* Set `chainName` to find facilities owned by a specific chain. 6. *(Optional)* Set `ownershipType` to filter by `For profit`, `Non profit`, `Government`, etc. 7. Set `maxResults` (0 = unlimited). 8. Click **Start**. ### Pricing Pay-per-result: **$0.003 per nursing home record**. Pulling the full directory (~14,700 facilities) costs about $44. Most users run state- or chain-scoped pulls of a few dozen to a few thousand records. ### Input example ```json { "state": "FL", "minOverallRating": 4, "ownershipType": "Non profit" } ```` ### Output example ```json { "ccn": "015009", "providerName": "BURNS NURSING HOME, INC.", "city": "RUSSELLVILLE", "state": "AL", "zipCode": "35653", "phone": "2563324110", "ownershipType": "For profit - Corporation", "certifiedBeds": 57, "overallRating": 2, "healthInspectionRating": 2, "staffingRating": 4, "qmRating": 4, "totalNurseStaffingHoursPerResidentPerDay": 4.04877, "totalNursingStaffTurnoverPct": 41.9 } ``` ### Use cases - **B2B sales to SNFs**: medical supply, food service, EHR / billing software, infection-control consultants, agency staffing, capital projects — segment by ownership type, chain, or rating tier. - **Elder-law and personal-injury attorneys**: identify facilities with abuse flags, low staffing, or special focus status. - **M\&A / private-equity targeting**: chain-level rollups by state with rating and staffing context. - **Family decision-support apps**: compare facilities in a ZIP code by star rating and staffing. - **Health policy research / journalism**: nationwide analysis of staffing turnover, ownership churn, deficiency patterns. ### FAQ **How fresh is the data?** CMS refreshes Nursing Home Compare monthly. Each run hits the live API. **Can I get historical ratings?** This Actor returns the current snapshot. For longitudinal analysis, run periodically and snapshot. **Are inspection-citation details included?** Component scores and deficiency counts are included. Citation-level F-tags require a sibling CMS dataset; we can build that on request. ### Legal Data sourced from data.cms.gov — the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services public Provider Data Catalog. All records are public by federal statute. No authentication bypass; no scraping of personally identifying resident data — this Actor returns facility-level records only. # Actor input Schema ## `state` (type: `string`): Filter by US state code (e.g. 'CA', 'TX', 'FL'). Leave blank for all states. ## `city` (type: `string`): Exact city/town name match (uppercase). ## `county` (type: `string`): Exact county/parish match. ## `providerName` (type: `string`): Substring match against provider name. ## `ownershipType` (type: `string`): Substring match. Examples: 'For profit', 'Non profit', 'Government', 'Corporation', 'Individual'. ## `minOverallRating` (type: `integer`): Only include nursing homes with overall rating ≥ this value. 0 = no minimum. ## `specialFocusOnly` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, return only Special Focus Facilities and SFF candidates (worst-performing homes flagged by CMS). ## `abuseIconOnly` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, return only nursing homes flagged with the abuse icon. ## `sprinklersOnly` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, only homes with sprinklers in all required areas. ## `chainName` (type: `string`): Substring match for ownership chain name (e.g. 'Genesis', 'HCR ManorCare', 'Brookdale'). ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum nursing-home records to return. 0 = unlimited (full directory is ~14,700). ## Actor input object example ```json { "state": "", "city": "", "county": "", "providerName": "", "ownershipType": "", "minOverallRating": 0, "specialFocusOnly": false, "abuseIconOnly": false, "sprinklersOnly": false, "chainName": "", "maxResults": 500 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `dataset` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("compute-edge/cms-nursing-home-ratings-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("compute-edge/cms-nursing-home-ratings-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call compute-edge/cms-nursing-home-ratings-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=compute-edge/cms-nursing-home-ratings-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "CMS Nursing Home Compare — Star Ratings & Staffing", "description": "Extract every Medicare/Medicaid certified nursing home from CMS Nursing Home Compare — 14,700+ facilities with 5-star ratings, staffing hours, deficiency outcomes, ownership, chain, abuse flags, special focus status, beds, and contact info.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "6hdc49WfvXFcPKFnR" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/compute-edge~cms-nursing-home-ratings-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-compute-edge-cms-nursing-home-ratings-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/compute-edge~cms-nursing-home-ratings-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-compute-edge-cms-nursing-home-ratings-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/compute-edge~cms-nursing-home-ratings-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-compute-edge-cms-nursing-home-ratings-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "state": { "title": "State (two-letter)", "type": "string", "description": "Filter by US state code (e.g. 'CA', 'TX', 'FL'). Leave blank for all states.", "default": "" }, "city": { "title": "City", "type": "string", "description": "Exact city/town name match (uppercase).", "default": "" }, "county": { "title": "County", "type": "string", "description": "Exact county/parish match.", "default": "" }, "providerName": { "title": "Provider Name", "type": "string", "description": "Substring match against provider name.", "default": "" }, "ownershipType": { "title": "Ownership Type", "type": "string", "description": "Substring match. Examples: 'For profit', 'Non profit', 'Government', 'Corporation', 'Individual'.", "default": "" }, "minOverallRating": { "title": "Minimum Overall Star Rating (1–5)", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 5, "type": "integer", "description": "Only include nursing homes with overall rating ≥ this value. 0 = no minimum.", "default": 0 }, "specialFocusOnly": { "title": "Special Focus / SFF Candidate Only", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, return only Special Focus Facilities and SFF candidates (worst-performing homes flagged by CMS).", "default": false }, "abuseIconOnly": { "title": "Abuse Icon Only", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, return only nursing homes flagged with the abuse icon.", "default": false }, "sprinklersOnly": { "title": "Fully Sprinklered Only", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, only homes with sprinklers in all required areas.", "default": false }, "chainName": { "title": "Chain Name", "type": "string", "description": "Substring match for ownership chain name (e.g. 'Genesis', 'HCR ManorCare', 'Brookdale').", "default": "" }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max Results", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 50000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum nursing-home records to return. 0 = unlimited (full directory is ~14,700).", "default": 500 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```